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Troy Lee Murphy

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Troy Lee Murphy

Birth
Texas, USA
Death
3 Jan 1982 (aged 54)
Marshall, Harrison County, Texas, USA
Burial
Harleton, Harrison County, Texas, USA GPS-Latitude: 32.7128601, Longitude: -94.554245
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Funeral services for Troy Lee Murphy, 54, of Jefferson, will be held at 2 p.m., Tuesday in Colonial Chapel of the Sullivan Funeral Home with the Rev. Steve Hill and the Rev. Mike Wyatt officiating.

Burial will follow in Liberty Cemetery, Harleton. Masonic graveside services will be held under the auspices of Ashland Masonic Lodge No. 1138.

Mr. Murphy died at 2 a.m., Sunday, Jan. 3, 1982 in Merritt Plaza Nursing Home after a long illness.

A native and lifelong resident of Marion, County, Texas, He was born Aug. 22, 1927 to Arthur Lee Murphy and Louise Wood Murphy. He attended Jefferson and Jackson Community schools in Marion County.

Mr. Murphy served in the U S. Navy during World War II, from 1944-47.

He married Joyce Hearnsberger on Nov. 4, 1959 in Midland.

Mr. Murphy was a heavy equipment engineer employed by Local 819 Operating Engineers in Fort Worth for 10 years. He had previously worked as a driller in oil production.

He was a Member of Lone Oak Baptist Church. He also belonged to Ashland Masonic Lodge No. 1138 and the Scottish Rite.

Survivors include his wife, Joyce Murphy of Jefferson; one son, Kenneth Murphy of Longview; two daughters, Debbie Weber of Whitesboro and Dorinda Lee Murphy of Jefferson; one brother, Aubrey Ray Murphy of Salt Lake City, Utah; and three grandchildren, Kenny Murphy and Taylor Murphy, both of Longview, and Stephanie Weber of Whitesboro.

Pallbearers will be Milton Watts, P.D. Watts, James H. Benson Jr., Allen Scott, Arty L. Wyatt and Doyle Younger. Honorary pallbearers are Roy. Woods, Lloyd Haynes, J.W. Knox and Local 819 Operating Engineers.
Funeral services for Troy Lee Murphy, 54, of Jefferson, will be held at 2 p.m., Tuesday in Colonial Chapel of the Sullivan Funeral Home with the Rev. Steve Hill and the Rev. Mike Wyatt officiating.

Burial will follow in Liberty Cemetery, Harleton. Masonic graveside services will be held under the auspices of Ashland Masonic Lodge No. 1138.

Mr. Murphy died at 2 a.m., Sunday, Jan. 3, 1982 in Merritt Plaza Nursing Home after a long illness.

A native and lifelong resident of Marion, County, Texas, He was born Aug. 22, 1927 to Arthur Lee Murphy and Louise Wood Murphy. He attended Jefferson and Jackson Community schools in Marion County.

Mr. Murphy served in the U S. Navy during World War II, from 1944-47.

He married Joyce Hearnsberger on Nov. 4, 1959 in Midland.

Mr. Murphy was a heavy equipment engineer employed by Local 819 Operating Engineers in Fort Worth for 10 years. He had previously worked as a driller in oil production.

He was a Member of Lone Oak Baptist Church. He also belonged to Ashland Masonic Lodge No. 1138 and the Scottish Rite.

Survivors include his wife, Joyce Murphy of Jefferson; one son, Kenneth Murphy of Longview; two daughters, Debbie Weber of Whitesboro and Dorinda Lee Murphy of Jefferson; one brother, Aubrey Ray Murphy of Salt Lake City, Utah; and three grandchildren, Kenny Murphy and Taylor Murphy, both of Longview, and Stephanie Weber of Whitesboro.

Pallbearers will be Milton Watts, P.D. Watts, James H. Benson Jr., Allen Scott, Arty L. Wyatt and Doyle Younger. Honorary pallbearers are Roy. Woods, Lloyd Haynes, J.W. Knox and Local 819 Operating Engineers.

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GM 3 U.S. NAVY WW II



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  • Maintained by: Jim Loden
  • Originally Created by: MB
  • Added: Feb 21, 2003
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7202000/troy_lee-murphy: accessed ), memorial page for Troy Lee Murphy (22 Aug 1927–3 Jan 1982), Find a Grave Memorial ID 7202000, citing Liberty Cemetery, Harleton, Harrison County, Texas, USA; Maintained by Jim Loden (contributor 46819329).